Pizza, la migliore al mondo è di Teresa Iorio. Il premio a Napoli
di Eduardo Cagnazzi E' Teresa Iorio ed ha quarantadue anni il migliore pizzaiolo al mondo. Lo ha decretato una giuria di esperti presieduta dallo chef italo-americano Lydia Bastianich, della quale faceva parte anche il pluristellato Gennaro Esposito. La competizione si è svolta nel corso di Napoli Pizza Village la manifestazione turistico-...
The Private Equity of Italian Fashion
by Lorenzo Sorrentino Investments in Italian fashion houses are back in vogue among international private equity firms. In fact, following, on the one hand, a 15-year steady growth of the global luxury goods market and, on the other hand, the positive externalities brought about by the recent devaluation of the Euro to Italian and...
The Sardex factor
by Edward Posnett Across the island of Sardinia there are more than 7,000 ancient towers built with large blocks of local stone. Known as nuraghi, they resemble giant beehives, jutting out across the landscape. Little is known about the nuraghi or their Bronze Age architects but almost every Sardinian I met had a theory about their purpos...
Italian beauty exports up in first semester
Italian beauty companies experienced a significant growth in their economic systems in the first half of the year. According to data provided by the National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT), a supplier of official statistical information in Italy, beauty exports were up by 11.3 percent in the first six months, despite a decline of 30.3 percen...
Intact, Packed Etruscan Tomb Found
by Rossella Lorenzi An intact Etruscan tomb, complete with sarcophagi, a full array of grave goods and a mysterious marble head, has has been brought to light in the Umbria region of Italy, in what promises to be one of the most important archaeological findings in recent history. Dated to the end of the 4th century B.C., the burial s...
We call it "Settimana Bianca"
We call it "Settimana Bianca" –the White Week- and we mean a week-long holiday featuring winter sports. The choice for a snow filled skiing holiday in Italy is incredibly vast. We'll mention just a few of the most famous places from which you can choose: Cortina d'Ampezzo with as many as 72 miles of beautiful powdery slopes and 43 miles of cross-co...
New Film by Local Producer/Survivor Marks 60th Anniversary of Deadly Andrea Doria Shipwreck
Author and Producer Pierette Domenica Simpson, who has written two books and a screenplay about surviving a deadly shipwreck while immigrating to America, has completed production of an international movie to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the catastrophe on June 25, 1956. The film, Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?, will debut at a...
How Naples's E. Marinella Became the Tailor of U.S. Presidents
Maurizio Marinella has a wonderful claim to fame: He's made a tie for every American president since John F. Kennedy. The Neapolitan tailor is the third-generation owner of E. Marinella, a family-run, bespoke tailoring shop in Naples, Italy, a city renowned for its handmade suits. Inside the showroom just off of the wide Riviera di Chiaia...
A Roma la presentazione del progetto "Italia-Usa: Cibo, lingua e cultura"
Venerdì, 16 dicembre, alle ore 13.00, presso la Sala stampa della Camera dei Deputati, sarà presentato il progetto "Italia-Usa: cibo, lingua e cultura", ideato dal Rotarian Gourmet - fellowship del Rotary International, con il decisivo contributo del MIUR attraverso il prezioso supporto dell'Istituto Alberghiero di Stato Pellegrino Artusi di Roma,...
Prada unveiling new men’s scent
The Italian luxury brand is rolling out a new Extreme version of its Luna Rossa men's fragrance. Luna Rossa Extreme is the second fragrance inspired by Prada's America's Cup sailing team Luna Rossa, following on from the namesake scent, which was released in 2012. Concocted by Givaudin nose Daniela Andrier (who also created Prada's Candy...
A celebration at Palazzo Reale, fifty years after the artist’s death
Palazzo Reale hosts an important exhibit dedicated to Italian artist Piero Manzoni, one of the most controversial, if not original, artists of the 20th Century. Alongside such innovative creatives as Lucio Fontana, Manzoni worked mostly in his native Milan. As a protagonist during the fervent Italian post-War period and one among the European neo-...
Thanks to Nutella, the world needs more hazelnuts
by Dan Charles Nutella, that sinfully indulgent chocolate-hazelnut spread, turns 50 this year, and it's come a long way, baby. There's even a "Nutella bar" in midtown Manhattan, right off Fifth Avenue, tucked inside a grand temple of Italian food called Eataly. There's another Nutella bar at Eataly in Chicago. Here, you can order Nute...